Leadership

I have been thinking a lot about leadership and what that looks like in the church. Partly because I am teaching on it this Sunday. I am looking for simple ways to communicate to people what we want. I thought let me look at how Jesus developed leaders. Then I decided to study the life of Peter and how Jesus developed him.

1. Jesus Called Him (Luke 5:1-11)
2. Jesus Dealt with Character (Mark 1:35:example;All of Jesus' teachings)
3. Jesus Healed Him (John 21)
4. Jesus Released Him to Go (John 21:15-17; Matthew 28:19-20)

As we train up our leaders we are going to look at three aspects.

1. Character
2. Healing
3. Practical


All three relate directly with how Jesus built leaders. As we look at how to build the Church what better way is there to learn how to develop leaders?

Serving at Princeton Junction Train Station

Yesterday our community group went to the Princeton Junction Train Station at 6pm. We had 128 bottles of water that we handed out. It was an awesome time just to sit back and serve. Yeah people in the Princeton area aren't in need of water but just the act of giving someone something to brighten their day WAS an act of service. So many people (128 in fact) accepted the bottles of water with a smile. There were many people who asked us why we were doing it. We simply said something to the nature of "we just want to bless you after a long day at work." People loved what we were doing it was awesome. One guy was sitting off by himself and I asked him if he wanted water and he thanked me and said, "I really needed this today, Thanks." I don't know what was going on with him on that day but I couldn't help but think about what could be going on in his life. Maybe he lost his job, money, a relationship, got yelled at, in trouble, or whatever. But the simply act of giving away something, showing God's love in a practical way, lifted the spirits of someone who needed it.

How can I take that concept and practice it everyday?

We are going to continue handing out water bottles every Wednesday at 6pm at Princeton Junction Train Station on the South side of the tracks. Feel free to join us.

Immerse

I haven't been on for while. In blogger world that is bad but I have been extremely busy with life. Since I last wrote my son Joshua was born and for those of you who have young children that is all I need to say. We have had missions trips, vacations, VBS, and many other fun summer things.

It is amazing as we head toward the fall. Immerse has a lot of momentum. We had over 50 people sign up this past weekend look for information about Immerse at our tables and another 50 people sign the connection cards in the sanctuary about being involved. It is safe to say that people who are young adults are excited about Immerse. We are looking forward to launching a new season this Sunday. If anyone is actually still reading this. I hope you can make it. This Sunday starting at 5pm in the Sanctuary.

See you there!